New and little known species of Lepechinella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lepechinellidae) and an allied new genus Lepesubchela from the North Atlantic

• Published in: European Journal of Taxonomy
• Main Authors: Per-Otto Johansen, Wim Vader
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2015
• Subjects: Crustacea; Amphipoda; Lepechinellidae; North Atlantic; Arctic; Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Greenland; Atlantic Arctic; Atlantic-Arctic; North East Atlantic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.127; https://doaj.org/article/bf057512668e48c98323beef38ccced7

New species of Lepechinella , L. norvegica sp. nov. and L. victoriae sp. nov., from the North East Atlantic are described together with the new, closely related genus and species Lepesubchela christinae gen. et sp. nov. Lepechinella arctica Schellenberg, 1926 from north of Spitsbergen and Lepechinella schellenbergi Stephensen, 1944 from Greenland are redescribed. A key to the species of Atlantic and Arctic Lepechinella is provided. Descriptions of taxonomic characters from related species in the Atlantic and Arctic are discussed.